Transitional Justice and Education Engaging Young People in Peacebuilding and Reconciliation

• Other Authors: Ramirez-Barat, Clara (Editor), Schulze, Martina (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Göttingen 2018
• Subjects: Education; Political Science; POL034000; EDU036000; Politics and government; Society and Social Sciences; Peace; Organisations and Institutions; Peacebuilding Education; Nation Building; National Identity; Post Conflict; Reconciliation; Theory of Change; Memory Practices
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This volume addresses the role and importance of education for processes of transitional justice. In the aftermath of conflict and mass violence, education has been one of the tools with which societies have sought to achieve positive transformation. While education has the potential to trigger, maintain, and exacerbate conflict, it has also been designed to promote a deeper, more nuanced understanding of the past and to advance reconciliation, peacebuilding, and prevention. The original contributions in the book reflect on lessons learned from education policies of the past in post-conflict societies and seek innovative, sustainable, and context-sensitive grassroots approaches, designed to advocate critical thinking, values of inclusion and tolerance, and ultimately a culture of peace.